2018 Senate (& House)
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Dems are really desperate here in Texas.
They are going into churches and are swapping out a Christian voter guide with fake ones that show Cruz supporting pro abortion The good news is many of these dems are caught on Cctv going into churches
Dirty Tricks! Leftists Target Christian Churches in Texas | Todd Starnes
"Authorities are investigating fake voter guides promoting Democrat Robert (Beto) O’Rourke that were placed in Christian churches across Texas.
They kept our logo, our look, our colors, but they flipped the issues of the candidates,” Graves said. “The fake voter guides clearly favored O’Rourke. They made Ted Cruz look like he was pro-abortion.”
He said it’s flat-out voter fraud and he believes whoever is responsible violated civil and criminal statutes.
“I’ve been around this type of work for 20 years and I’ve never seen anyone go to this level of deceit and dishonesty to try to deceive Christians,” Graves said on the nationally-syndicated radio show.
He said the churches were targeted in what appears to be a coordinated attack – and in several cases the suspects were captured on video surveillance footage."
I hope they are prosecuted.
Dems have no morals.
They are going into churches and are swapping out a Christian voter guide with fake ones that show Cruz supporting pro abortion The good news is many of these dems are caught on Cctv going into churches
Dirty Tricks! Leftists Target Christian Churches in Texas | Todd Starnes
"Authorities are investigating fake voter guides promoting Democrat Robert (Beto) O’Rourke that were placed in Christian churches across Texas.
They kept our logo, our look, our colors, but they flipped the issues of the candidates,” Graves said. “The fake voter guides clearly favored O’Rourke. They made Ted Cruz look like he was pro-abortion.”
He said it’s flat-out voter fraud and he believes whoever is responsible violated civil and criminal statutes.
“I’ve been around this type of work for 20 years and I’ve never seen anyone go to this level of deceit and dishonesty to try to deceive Christians,” Graves said on the nationally-syndicated radio show.
He said the churches were targeted in what appears to be a coordinated attack – and in several cases the suspects were captured on video surveillance footage."
I hope they are prosecuted.
Dems have no morals.
Horn2RunAgain
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Beta will need to get in front of a camera and try to explain this away, pronto. And he'll try. He's going to need to put on the best act of his life. Say the wrong thing, he's toast. Say it the wrong way, he's toast. A lot of libs will back him regardless, but a lot won't like their contributions going to the caravan.
Joe Fan
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Hey look, it's Trump's Caravan of Jobs
Wages up 3.1%
It looks like all major sectors gained jobs --
Healthcare +36,000
Manufacturing +32,000
Construction +30,000
Transportation/warehousing +25,000
Leisure/hospitality +42,000
The only losers were the US Postal Service and logging.
Has anyone ever been as wrong about anything as the Democrat Party was when it predicted the outcome of Trump's economic policies?
Wages up 3.1%
It looks like all major sectors gained jobs --
Healthcare +36,000
Manufacturing +32,000
Construction +30,000
Transportation/warehousing +25,000
Leisure/hospitality +42,000
The only losers were the US Postal Service and logging.
Has anyone ever been as wrong about anything as the Democrat Party was when it predicted the outcome of Trump's economic policies?
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I used to have a hog I called Bo; he was a real pig in the sty and he had more dignity than Trump.
I don't see how anybody can vote for Cruz, whose daddy was pals with the guy who shot Kennedy.
And who has degrees from two Ivy League colleges.
And who Allen Dershowitz thinks is the smartest guy he ever taught. (probably was)
Beto is just another cheap shot bs artist like all the rest of them.
As for dirty politics, have we forgotten Lee Atwater so soon?
I don't see how anybody can vote for Cruz, whose daddy was pals with the guy who shot Kennedy.
And who has degrees from two Ivy League colleges.
And who Allen Dershowitz thinks is the smartest guy he ever taught. (probably was)
Beto is just another cheap shot bs artist like all the rest of them.
As for dirty politics, have we forgotten Lee Atwater so soon?
Joe Fan
10,000+ Posts
Has anyone checked the registration?
This reads awfully close to the prose of one ouBubba
Joe Fan
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Today's WSJ --
Opinion | The Lesson of 2018
" ..... Six weeks ago, Democrats were expecting a blue wave to rival the Republican victory of 2010, when the GOP picked up 63 House seats. Everything was in their favor. History—the party in power almost always loses seats. Money—Democrats continue to outraise Republicans by staggering amounts. The opposition—some 41 GOP House members retired, most from vulnerable districts where Donald Trump’s favorability is low. Democrats were even positioned to take over the Senate, despite defending 10 Trump-state seats.
Democrats obliterated their own breaker in the space of two weeks with the ambush of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The left, its protesters and its media allies demonstrated some of the vilest political tactics ever seen in Washington, with no regard for who or what they damaged or destroyed along the way—Christine Blasey Ford, committee rules, civility, Justice Kavanaugh himself, the Constitution. An uncharacteristically disgusted Sen. Lindsey Graham railed: “Boy, y’all want power. God, I hope you never get it!”
A lot of voters suddenly agreed with that sentiment. The enormous enthusiasm gap closed almost overnight as conservative voters rallied to #JobsNotMobs. Even liberal prognosticators today forecast that Republicans will keep the Senate and Democrats will manage only a narrow majority in the House, if that. It’s always possible the polls are off, or that there is a last-minute bombshell. But it remains the case that the ascendant progressive movement blew an easy victory for Democrats.
* * *
...... The far bigger if less covered story is the extent to which Democrats have run candidates with conservative credentials, or candidates who can’t run fast enough from liberal positions....."
Democrats obliterated their own breaker in the space of two weeks with the ambush of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The left, its protesters and its media allies demonstrated some of the vilest political tactics ever seen in Washington, with no regard for who or what they damaged or destroyed along the way—Christine Blasey Ford, committee rules, civility, Justice Kavanaugh himself, the Constitution. An uncharacteristically disgusted Sen. Lindsey Graham railed: “Boy, y’all want power. God, I hope you never get it!”
A lot of voters suddenly agreed with that sentiment. The enormous enthusiasm gap closed almost overnight as conservative voters rallied to #JobsNotMobs. Even liberal prognosticators today forecast that Republicans will keep the Senate and Democrats will manage only a narrow majority in the House, if that. It’s always possible the polls are off, or that there is a last-minute bombshell. But it remains the case that the ascendant progressive movement blew an easy victory for Democrats.
* * *
...... The far bigger if less covered story is the extent to which Democrats have run candidates with conservative credentials, or candidates who can’t run fast enough from liberal positions....."
Opinion | The Lesson of 2018
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I think no state income state tax states like Texas, Florida and Tennessee have inadvertently shot themselves in the foot by luring liberals from NY and Cal for jobs. If Florida elects Gillum, i will have no sympathy when he pushes for taxes. I think Tenn and Texas survive with Cruz and Blackburn.
My property tax is about 10%of my income, so Texas is not a no-tax state
Those states have "property" taxes which are not actually "income" taxes. I did not say no-tax states. However, I will totally agree that Texas property taxes are terrible. When I moved to Tennessee, I bought a house worth twice the value of my house in Houston. However, my property tax bill in Tennessee was about 1/3rd of my property tax bill in Harris County.
And one further clarification, Tennessee does have a tax on interest and dividend income on investments, but it is in process of being phased out.
And one further clarification, Tennessee does have a tax on interest and dividend income on investments, but it is in process of being phased out.
I have long maintained that I would vote for a state income tax for Texas if we got a constitutional amendment outlawing property taxes in return.
Horns11
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2018 Tax Rates by State
Texas seems to be about in the middle. The intro to the article even points out that while Texas doesn't have an income tax, its residents pay a hefty property tax.
Yes, so when you own it, you own it. Not mortgaged to the state.
Horns11
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My link has the "effective total state and local tax" rate, which compares the real estate taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, and "other" taxes to the average percent that people in every state pay. It also adjusts it (in the last column) based on the percent vs. cost of living in that state. Texas was ranked #28 (#1 was the lowest rate) for the total effective rate, and #21 when you adjust for cost of living.
There really aren't a lot of surprises on the list. Some states known as tax havens, like Delaware and Montana, are way up on the list. And some states with both high property and income tax rates, like Illinois, are at the bottom. We just finished clearing out my grandmother-in-law's estate outside Chicago, and her property tax rate is just as high as my Texas one. But they have a lot of other taxes on top of it that we don't have, like the higher gasoline, cigarette, and of course, income.
Seattle Husker
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The benefits of property tax is that nearly all the money goes to your local government, unlike the lionshare of sales tax, gas tax, etc.
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